Okra — Yield in Jamaica
Jamaica: Okra — Yield was 9,593 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Okra — Yield in Jamaica, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 9,593 kg/ha for okra — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, okra — yield in Jamaica peaked at 10,223 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,431 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Jamaica 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Okra — Yield in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,431 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 6,504 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 6,707 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 7,170 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1999 | 7,742 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 7,685 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 8,371 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 8,156 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 9,050 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 9,349 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 9,411 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 9,037 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 9,157 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 8,914 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 9,234 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 8,754 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 9,862 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2012 | 10,006 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 10,138 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 9,805 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 9,392 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 10,060 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 10,061 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 10,160 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 10,071 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 10,223 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 10,049 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 10,060 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 9,631 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 9,593 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 9,593 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,925 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 9,593 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,368 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,789 kg/ha | 6,431 kg/ha | 7,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,836 kg/ha | 7,685 kg/ha | 9,411 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,831 kg/ha | 8,754 kg/ha | 10,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,911 kg/ha | 9,593 kg/ha | 10,223 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is okra — yield in Jamaica?
- Okra — yield in Jamaica was 9,593 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest okra — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 10,223 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest okra — yield recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,431 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Jamaica rank for okra — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is okra — yield rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Okra — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.